Fungal endophthalmitis caused by Zygomycetes after phacoemulsification
| Autor: | César K. Ishii, Alessandra Akemi Kusabara, Flavio C. Ferreira, Richard Y Hida, Joao Victor Veloso Goncalves Godinho |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Pars plana medicine.medical_specialty genetic structures medicine.medical_treatment 030106 microbiology Vitrectomy Intraocular lens 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Endophthalmitis Ophthalmology Amphotericin B medicine business.industry Phacoemulsification medicine.disease eye diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Intraocular Infection 030221 ophthalmology & optometry Surgery Histopathology business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Online Case Reports. 6:43-46 |
| ISSN: | 2214-1677 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jcro.2018.02.001 |
| Popis: | Fungal endophthalmitis is a severe intraocular infection with a poor prognosis in most cases. We report a case of a 56-year-old man who had phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation and presented with fungal endophthalmitis 1 month after surgery. Histopathology studies suggested the infection was related to the Zygomycetes class. Three months after treatment with intravenous and intracameral amphotericin B in addition to a pars plana vitrectomy, the patient successfully recovered a corrected distance visual acuity of 20/20. Based on the literature, this is the second case reported of Zygomycetes related to fungal exogenous endophthalmitis after cataract surgery. |
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